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Recyclable material collectors and COVID-19 in Brazil: actions and reflections

South Sustainability, 2021
Dear Editor,   Brazil ranks second in the number of people infected by COVID-19, reaching 21,381,790 cases and 595,446 deaths (WHO, 2021). COVID-19, besides being a significant threat to global health, can be considered an agent that causes ...
Rafael Silva
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Recycling and Processing of Waste Materials

Materials, 2023
Just a few days ago, the world population, as expected, surpassed 8 billion [...]
Paulina Wiśniewska, Aleksander Hejna, Mohammad Reza Saeb   +2 more
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Policy implications for gaps in traditional plastic waste material flow analysis: Palmerston North, New Zealand

Frontiers in Sustainability, 2023
The Basel Plastic Waste Amendments reflect growing global concern about the illegal plastic waste trade as waste colonialism. Comprehensive analyses of plastic waste material sources, pathways, and fates are needed for effective plastic waste trade ...
Trisia Farrelly, Takunda Yeukai Chitaka
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STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF PRELIMINARY STUDIES FOR HEMP CONCRETE [PDF]

Journal of Applied Life Sciences and Environment, 2023
Waste is a major worldwide problem and its recycling has become mandatory in the current context of the decrease in natural resources. The management of recyclable waste improves the efficiency of any economic activities and the impact on the environment
Laurentiu ADAM, Dorina-Nicolina ISOPESCU, Loredana JUDELE, Roxana Dana BUCUR, Daniel LEPADATU   +4 more
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Reduction of Management Costs and Avoidance of Air Release of Carcinogens Through a Waste Segregation Program in a Brazilian Medical Institution

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Hospital waste management is a current sustainability challenge. Although not always performed, the most applied approach in current protocols is the proper segregation of waste.
Fabiane Kellem Oliveira Cesario, Fabiane Kellem Oliveira Cesario, Fabiane Kellem Oliveira Cesario, Renata Pereira Fontoura, Renata Pereira Fontoura, Amarildo Henrique da Conceição Junior, Amarildo Henrique da Conceição Junior, Amanda Gentil Cruz, Nidah Fawzi Said Nimer, Poliana Brito Morais, Brenda Monteiro Omena, Edivaldo Bazilio dos Santos, Anderson Arantes Silvestrini, Rosângela Vieira Andrade   +13 more
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A Biorefinery from Spent Coffee Grounds: from High-added Value Compounds to Energy by Innovative Processes

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2023
Turning waste into a resource is one of the main aims in circular economy systems. The European Union is strongly promoting innovation in recycling and reuse to reduce waste generation and encouraging the transformation of waste into a major, reliable ...
Margherita Pettinato, José Manuel Domínguez, Patrizia Perego, Bruno Fabiano   +3 more
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Waste Recycling in Thermoelectric Materials

Advanced Energy Materials, 2020
AbstractThermoelectric (TE) technology enables the efficient conversion of waste heat generated in homes, transport, and industry into promptly accessible electrical energy. Such technology is thus finding increasing applications given the focus on alternative sources of energy.
Amin Bahrami, Gabi Schierning, Kornelius Nielsch   +2 more
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Stop treating waste pickers like garbage: An autoethnography on informal waste picking in Brazil

Global Public Health, 2023
There are almost 8 billion people on the planet with every single one of them producing some type of waste. The cost of recycling and money made by selling recyclable products has created a strong foundation for informal waste picking to exist.
Tara Rava Zolnikov
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University and local recyclable material cooperative – building bridges around e-waste

Chemistry Teacher International, 2023
An e-waste outreach project was developed with two overriding goals: (1) to strengthen the partnership between the university and the local recyclable material cooperative, which has been carrying out actions aimed at supporting the work of the ...
Fonseca Janaina C. L., Wendling Junior Jose Marcelo, Eugenio Gabriel R., Milagre Cintia D. F.   +3 more
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The challenges of implementing the Brazilian Solid Waste Policy: The case of the Jardim Gramacho dump

Revista de Estudios Brasileños, 2018
This paper analyzes the results of a qualitative research study carried out in 2016 with pickers of recyclable material from the Jardim Gramacho dump, located in Duque de Caxias City, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
Valéria PREIRA BASTOS, Fábio FONSECA FIGUEIREDO   +1 more
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